In short:

The Coalition's budget bottom line would be $7.9 billion worse off than Labor's in the first two years of a Dutton government, and $21.8 billion better off in the following two years.

Most of the budget improvement comes from a $17.2 billion public service cut, and a $3.6 billion vaping tax, but migration cuts will cost the budget $4.2 billion and nuclear power will have an eventual $118 billion "off-budget" cost.

What's next?

The Coalition has not offered a timeline for a return to surplus, but Angus Taylor says it would be achieved "faster than Labor".

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[–] gila@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Besides the obvious massive cost of the nuclear plan (which would certainly blow out to much more than anticipated) I feel this actually is a pretty good look for LNP. Dangles a carrot in the form of a cost of living payment, uses Labor's clearest policy failure to its advantage (vaping reform) to the degree that Chalmers responds by directly comparing apples to oranges; relying on vibes (return to surplus "faster than Labor") will probably work well for them.

God help us.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

I don’t know. They are behind and losing out to teals. Ow they are against tax cuts and labour look like they will manage the budget better. It’s a bad look for them. All they have left is racism and one nation will outflank them on that.